The news comes as the paper giant recently announced that it would stop using timber from Indonesia’s natural forests and only use trees from plantations. APP is a major supplier of paper, pulp and packaging in Asia but it has been ...
The food production system is out of control and puts small-scale farmers at risk as it is controlled by few major companies, according to a report from Fairtrade Foundation. The report noted that about 500 million smallholder farmers ...
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The United Kingdom’s Minister of State for Climate Change, Gregory Barker, recently visited Pilkington’s Cowley Hill, St. Helens, United Kingdom, plant to see its new off-line glass coating facility. The line began production ...
Sophia Bush, Emmy Rossum , Orlando Bloom , Miranda Kerr and Helen Hunt were among the guests who joined H&M and Global Green USA to celebrate their partnership and the kickoff of H&M's global garment recycling program at Global Green's 10th ...
US dairy company Dean Foods has announced that it has met the requirements for the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) ‘ENERGY STAR Challenge for Industry’ by lowering its energy intensity by 10% or more at 18 ...
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Radio Lifeline, a non-profit based in the US, has launched the Black Earth Project, a new initiative designed to help Kenyan farmers mitigate the growing impact of climate change. For this project, Radio Lifeline has partnered with ...
Thanks to the rising preference of people for green products, both in the local as well as international markets, the abaca industry of Philippines is expecting an eight percent rise in exports this year, after experiencing a decline last ...
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We have learned that the application for the solar farm has been withdrawn, just one day before it was to be determined by the Fareham Borough Council’s planning committee. This comes as a surprise to our group as we have supported ...
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Bluefield Partners LLP, the London based solar energy investment manager, backed by Jon Moulton has announced the acquisition of one of the largest solar arrays on an industrial site in the UK. Built on Toyota’s vehicle ...
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The Eastern Coatings Show executive committee has announced that Peter Molinaro, vice president of North America Government Affairs for The Dow Chemical Company, will be the keynote speaker for the inaugural event scheduled for April 29 ...
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Philips and Arnold Schwarzenegger call for action to switch to LED lighting in cities Vienna, Austria – At the first international sustainable energy conference hosted by the “Regions of Climate Action”(R20), Philips and ...
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The European Commission (EC) has held a roundtable meeting today, February 12, attended by representatives from 13 steel producing member states and the European Parliament, regarding the EC's plan to deliver an action plan by June to ...
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New research has revealed that there is a huge shortfall in funding for energy-saving programmes that would help alleviate the burden on families in fuel poverty. The figures, compiled by National Energy Action (NEA), found that the ...
LED specialist Light Planet has been commended in two categories at this years prestigious Rushlight Awards. The Rushlight Awards recognise the leading clean technology developers in the UK and Ireland. Light Planet were commended in both ...
An array of new LED streetlights is to be installed in the Northamptonshire town of Towcester, it has been announced. Northamptonshire County Council will begin work in October this year that will see brand new facilities put in place ...